Oscar’s second goal – a dazzling turn which stranded two Juve opponents like a wildcat Tube strike, followed by an unstoppable finish into the top corner – was the stuff of phonetic alphabets.

Bravo, Oscar.

And Juventus, the invincibles of Serie A on an unbroken sequence of 42 games unbeaten, had no answer to the Brazilian’s mobility, happy feet and eye for goal until he was nobbled by a poor challenge from Leonardo Bonucci 20 minutes from time on Wednesday.

Their World Cup legend keeper Gianluigi Buffon even admitted it was a privilege to be beaten by Oscar's sensational bolt from the blue!

Buffon said: "Oscar turned on a sixpence and put his shot under the bar.

"I will not say it's nice to concede a goal but it's nice to be part of a great goal like that, compliments to him."

Cech enjoyed the view of Oscar’s top billing and even dared to wonder if he would turn out to be as good as his compatriot Kaka.

“He plays great football, simple one-touch and two-touch stuff, and he always wants the ball,” said the Chelsea keeper.

“He has a pretty big price-tag on him for such a guy, and that’s an extra pressure. So it’s great for him we’ve seen such a fantastic performance, and those goals will give him a lot of ­confidence.

“People will realise he is great value. Only time will tell if he is going to be like Kaka, but he is certainly on a very good path.

“He has settled in quite quickly and you can see he is worth the money the club spent. It’s a pretty good set-up here for him to go on and become a great player.”

With Fernando Torres shrinking back into realms of brooding sulks and negligible impact, there will be a higher premium than ever on Chelsea’s midfield to sprinkle the stardust Abramovich demands from his human train-set.

Eden Hazard, Juan Mata and Oscar – ­supplemented by Frank Lampard’s reliable scoring power – should make up for any short-fall when Torres slips back into auto-pilot.

Jon Obi Mikel has recognised creativity, the ingredient often missing from Chelsea’s pragmatic approach in previous regimes, as Oscar’s most precious commodity.

Mikel said: “He is making a great impact, and can only get better.

“With his talent and ability, everyone saw what he can do against Juventus.

“In training we have seen him smash it into the top corner like that, and we knew it was only a matter of time before he produced it on the pitch.

“Sometimes it’s not easy to adapt to playing football in England straight away, but now we have had a taste of what Oscar can do, hopefully he can keep it going.

“He is very creative, and that is what this club is looking for, so we don’t kick him in training because you don’t want to hurt him. He is too valuable for that!”

Mikel took responsibility for the slapdash pass which led to Juve’s equaliser, and left boss Roberto Di Matteo in a dark mood about Chelsea squandering a 2-0 lead.

He admitted: “Yes, we threw it away. It was a bad mistake from me for the second goal because I gave the ball away and everyone was kind of low afterwards.

“You don’t need anyone to tell you when you have made a mistake – you know what you have done wrong. But it was a pity because at 2-0 up, we were looking good.”

Cech admitted Chelsea may have fallen into the trap of grandstanding as they opened their defence of the Champions League – instead of driving home the advantage supplied by Oscar’s magic.

He said: “Maybe we got sucked into the whole atmosphere of our first game as European champions, and maybe we attacked too much instead of slowing the game down, keeping possession and killing the rhythm.

“We don’t need to prove anything to anybody because we have won the ­Champions League and we deserved to win it, we didn’t steal it.

“You have to play 13 games to win the trophy and you might be lucky in one or two of them, but that’s normal.”